The 2023 Ayrshire Fiddle Orchestra Art Exhibition brought work by 23 local artists to the Vault Gallery in Newnan, Georgia.
The theme responded to the 25th anniversary of Newnan and Coweta County’s sister-city relationship with Ayrshire, Scotland.
Scotland interpreted through several media
University of West Georgia art historian Laura Wolfe judged the exhibition.
Marcus Stewart won Best in Show for Nessie Visits Donan Castle, an intricately detailed oil painting based on a photograph taken by his brother in Scotland.
The image contained an almost hidden Loch Ness Monster, requiring viewers to search the landscape closely.
Gregg McGough received an honourable mention for the photograph Raising Moon Over Isle of Skye.
Bailey Hill was recognised for the mixed-media collage Homage to Ayr, and Nancy Twomey for a blue-and-rose-gold necklace titled Isle of Skye.
Music and family memory entering visual form
Teresa Foshee’s Orchestra Fiddle combined five dozen photographic layers made from images of her late father’s heirloom instrument.
The work connected the exhibition’s musical subject with personal memory and the material history of a family object.
The display accompanied a visit by the Ayrshire Fiddle Orchestra and a free concert.
The sister-city anniversary gave the exhibition a clear framework without limiting artists to one medium or visual language.
Through landscape, folklore, jewellery and musical imagery, the artists translated a civic relationship into objects that could be judged individually while contributing to a shared cultural occasion.